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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Two otherwise healthy young brothers present with intermittent claudication, just a coincidence?

Thomas Clifford, Jonathan Moore

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome in Siblings.Annals of vascular diseases · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas CliffordGeneral Surgery, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
Jonathan MooreGeneral Surgery, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, London, UK.
Barts Health NHS Trust · GBLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) is a recognised cause of lower limb peripheral arterial disease in young adults. We describe the cases of two otherwise healthy brothers who presented with the condition 5 years apart. The first brother, who is also the first author of this case report, presented aged 19 with worsening, right-sided, exercise-induced lower leg pain and transient foot pallor. Imaging confirmed PAES and irreversible localised arterial damage. Surgery was performed to release the entrapment and resect the section of diseased artery. The limb was revascularised using an autologous interposition saphenous vein graft. The second brother began experiencing left-sided, exercise-induced lower leg pain aged 24. Again, imaging revealed PAES and irreversible arterial damage. A similar revascularisation procedure was performed. Both siblings fully recovered and are symptom free. Arterial duplex scans have confirmed patent grafts. A correlation in siblings has only been reported in the literature five times previously.

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SiblingsAdultArterial Occlusive DiseasesExerciseHumansIntermittent ClaudicationLegMalePallorPeripheral Arterial DiseasePopliteal ArterySaphenous VeinTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonography, Doppler, DuplexVascular Surgical ProceduresYoung Adultsurgeryvascular surgery

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PMID28684644
PMCPMC5747613
OpenAlexW2726097598

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